Different Kidney Stone Symptoms for Men and Women
A lot of people with kidney stones found out that they have it in the late stages. And to know if you have kidney problems, you should know the most common kidney stone symptoms.
To be honest, kidney stones do not usually show obvious symptoms at all. However, there are some signs that you can look for. Usually, kidney stone symptoms include pain when urinating as well as bleeding.
The pain felt during urination is caused by movements of the kidney stones inside of your system as it tries to get flushed out of your body. The pain is normally linked to the tearing of the internal part of the kidney when you try to urinate. Discoloration of the urine is also present due to bleeding. These are the early kidney stone symptoms.
Below are additional kidney stone symptoms that you should be aware of:
For Men
Aside from pain and bleeding, kidney stone symptoms for men include strong, foul smell of the urine. In addition, pain in the lumbar (lower back) is felt because this is where the two kidneys are located. Other symptoms include high fever, chilling, vomiting and burning sensation when urinating. The passing of the kidney stones through the urethra may or may not cause pain when urinating. As you may know, the extent of the pain that you will feel depends on how big or how small your kidney stones are.
For Women
In women, kidney stone symptoms include pain in the lower back similar to men. However, the pain is felt on one side only and not on both, either on the left or right part of the lower back. In addition, other symptoms can also be stomach cramping and burning sensation when urinating similar to what men with kidney stones experience. Most of the time, urinary tract infection (UTI) is connected with the kidney stones that cause more serious problems.
Discoloration due to bleeding is present most of the time as the body tries to flush the kidney stones out of the system. Frequent urination is experienced and strong smell in the urine is also present. High fever, chilling and vomiting can be experienced as well. In some cases, severe pain due to kidney stones can be very unbearable.
Unfortunately, there are no early kidney stone symptoms for both men and women. You will only know that you have it once the stones are quite big enough to show the abovementioned symptoms.
To avoid having kidney stones it is best that you always watch the foods that you eat, drink lots of water and have a regular kidney detoxification. To know more about it you can consult your physician.
